List of sunken U.S. Navy ships

The United States Navy has lost the following ships from its inception in 1775 as the Continental Navy in the American Revolutionary War. The navy has since been involved in several wars but saw its most significant losses during the American Civil War and World War II. Navy ships have also been sunk in accidents and test purposes in that time and several have been used as target ships in sinking exercises.

Aircraft carriers

Sunk in combat or supporting combat operations
Ship Year of sinking Photo Year of commission
USS Langley 1942 1922
USS Lexington 1942 1927
USS Yorktown 1942 1937
USS Wasp 1942 1940
USS Hornet 1942 1941
USS Princeton 1944 1943
Sunk during testing
Ship Year of sinking Photo Year of commission
USS Saratoga 1946 1927
USS Independence 1946 1943
USS America 2005 1965

Escort or 'fast' carriers

Sunk during combat or supporting combat operations
Ship Year of sinking Photo Year of commission
USS Gambier Bay 1944 1943
USS Block Island[1] 1944 1943
USS Bismarck Sea 1945 1943
USS St. Lo[2] 1944 1943

Battleships

Sunk in combat or supporting combat operations
Ship Year of sinking Photo Year of commission
USS Utah 1941 1911
USS Arizona[3] 1941 1916
Sunk during testing
Ship Year of sinking Photo Year of commission
USS Texas 1912 1895
USS Indiana 1920 1895
USS Iowa 1923 1897
USS Alabama 1921 1900
USS Virginia 1923 1906
USS New Jersey 1923 1906
USS Arkansas 1946 1912
USS New York 1948 1914
USS Nevada 1948 1916
USS Pennsylvania 1948 1916
Sunk in an accident
Ship Year of sinking Photo Year of commission
USS Oklahoma 1947 1916

Submarines

From Combat or Supporting Combat Operations
Ship Year of Sinking Photo Year of Commission
USS S-44 1943 1925
USS Argonaut (SM-1) 1943 1928
USS Shark (SS-174) 1942 1936
USS Perch (SS-176) 1942 1936
USS Pickerel (SS-177) 1943 1937
USS Pompano (SS-181) 1943 1937
USS Sculpin (SS-191) 1943 1939
USS Sealion (SS-195) 1941 1939
USS Swordfish (SS-193) 1945 1939
USS Triton (SS-201) 1943 1940
USS Trout (SS-202) 1944 1940
USS Grayling (SS-209) 1943 1941
USS Grampus (SS-207) 1943 1941
USS Gudgeon (SS-211) 1944 1941
USS Grenadier (SS-210) 1943 1941
USS Grayback (SS-208) 1944 1941
USS Trigger (SS-237) 1945 1942
USS Growler (SS-215) 1944 1942
USS Wahoo (SS-238) 1943 1942
USS Grunion (SS-216) 1942 1942
USS Amberjack (SS-219) 1943 1942
USS Albacore (SS-218) 1944 1942
USS Herring (SS-233) 1944 1942
USS Harder (SS-257) 1944 1942
USS Scamp (SS-277) 1945 1942
USS Scorpion (SS-278) 1944 1942
USS Snook (SS-279) 1945 1942
USS Bonefish (SS-223) 1945 1943
USS Corvina (SS-226) 1943 1943
USS Darter (SS-227) 1944 1943
USS Flier (SS-250) 1944 1943
USS Robalo (SS-273) 1944 1943
USS Runner (SS-275) 1944 1943
USS Escolar (SS-294) 1944 1943
USS Capelin (SS-289) 1943 1943
USS Cisco (SS-290) 1943 1943
USS Shark (SS-314) 1944 1943
USS Golet (SS-361) 1944 1943
USS Barbel (SS-316) 1945 No Image Availble 1944
USS Bullhead (SS-332) 1945 1944
USS Kete (SS-369) 1945 1944
USS Lagarto (SS-371) 1945 1944
From Testing
Ship Year of Sinking Photo Year of Commission
USS Moccasin (SS-5) 1919 1901
USS Pike (SS-6) 1922 1903
USS Adder 1922 1903
USS Shark (SS-8) 1921 1903
USS Porpoise (SS-7) 1922 1903
USS Grampus (SS-4) 1922 1903
USS B-3 (Tarantula) 1922 1907
USS B-1 (Viper) 1921 1907
USS B-2 (Cuttlefish) 1922 1907
USS G-1 (Seal) 1921 1912
USS L-8 1926 No Image Availble 1917
USS R-8 1931 1919
USS S-16 1945 No Image Availble 1920
USS S-17 1945 1921
USS S-49 1941 No Image Availble 1922
USS S-35 1946 1922
USS S-38 1945 1923
USS Bass (SS-164) 1945 1925
USS Skipjack (SS-184) 1948 1938
USS Searaven (SS-196) 1948 1939
USS Tuna (SS-203) 1948 1941
USS Guardfish (SS-217) 1961 1942
USS Tinosa (SS-283) 1960 1942
USS Aspro (SS-309) 1962 1943
USS Archerfish (SS-311) 1968 1943
USS Balao (SS-285) 1963 1943
USS Bashaw (SS-241) 1972 1943
USS Apogon (SS-308) 1946 1943
USS Skate (SS-305) 1948 1943
USS Guavina (SS-362) 1967 1943
USS Pilotfish (SS-386) 1946 1943
USS Devilfish (SS-292) 1968 1944
USS Dragonet (SS-293) 1961 1944
USS Sterlet (SS-392) 1969 1944
USS Queenfish (SS-393) 1963 1944
USS Redfish (SS-395) 1969 1944
USS Trepang (SS-412) 1969 1944
USS Segundo (SS-398) 1970 1944
USS Sea Devil (SS-400) 1964 1944
USS Spikefish (SS-404) 1964 1944
USS Manta (SS-299) 1969 1944
USS Sealion (SS-315) 1978 1944
USS Tigrone (SS-419) 1976 1944
USS Blackfin (SS-322) 1973 1944
USS Barbero (SS-317) 1964 1944
USS Moray (SS-300) 1970 1945
USS Sabalo (SS-302) 1973 1945
USS Carbonero (SS-337) 1975 1945
USS Tiru (SS-416) 1979 1948
USS Mackerel (SST-1) 1978 1953
From Accidents
Ship Year of Sinking Photo Year of Commission
USS Alligator (1862) 1863 1862
USS F-1 1917 1912
USS F-4 (Skate) 1915 1913
USS G-2 (Tuna) 1919 No Image Availble 1913
USS H-1 (Seawolf) 1920 1913
USS O-5 1923 No Image Availble 1918
USS O-9 1941 1918
USS R-12 1943 1919
USS S-4 1927 No Image Availble 1919
USS S-5 1920 1920
USS S-51 1925 1922
USS S-26 1942 No Image Available 1923
USS S-28 1944 No Image Available 1923
USS S-36 1942 No Image Available 1923
USS S-37 1945 1923
USS S-39 1942 No Image Available 1923
USS S-27 1942 1924
USS Tarpon (SS-175) 1957 No Image Availble 1936
USS Seawolf (SS-197) 1944 1939
USS Dorado (SS-248) 1943 No Image Availble 1943
USS Tullibee (SS-284) 1944 1943
USS Tang (SS-306) 1944 1943
USS Bugara (SS-331) 1971 1944
USS Chopper (SS-342) 1976 1945
USS Cochino (SS-345) 1949 1945
USS Stickleback (SS-415) 1958 1945
USS Scorpion (SSN-589)[4] 1968 1959
USS Thresher (SSN-593) 1963 1961

Cruisers

From Combat or Supporting Combat Operations
Ship Year of Sinking Photo Year of Commission
USS New York (ACR-2) 1941 1893
USS California (ACR-6) 1918 1907
USS Northampton (CA-26) 1942 1930
USS Houston (CA-30) 1942 1930
USS Chicago (CA-29) 1943 1931
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) 1945 1932
USS Astoria (CA-34) 1942 1934
USS Erie (PG-50) 1942 No Image Available 1936
USS Quincy (CA-39) 1942 1936
USS Vincennes (CA-44) 1942 1937
USS Helena (CL-50) 1943 1939
USS Atlanta (CL-51) 1942 1941
USS Juneau (CL-52) 1942 1942
From Testing
Ship Year of Sinking Photo Year of Commission
USS Frankfurt 1921 1918 (Given to the United States from Germany after WWI)
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) 1948 1929
USS Pensacola (CA-24) 1948 1930
USS Vincennes (CL-64) 1969 1944
USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) 1972 1944
USS Atlanta (CL-104) 1970 1944
From Accidents
Ship Year of Sinking Photo Year of Commission
USS Chicago (1885) 1936 1885
USS Charleston (C-2) 1899 1889
USS Maine (1890) 1898 1890
USS Tacoma (CL-20) 1924 1904

Destroyers

From Combat or Supporting Combat Operations
Ship Year of Sinking Year of Commission
USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) 1917 1916
USS Little (DD-79) 1942 1918
USS Gregory (DD-82) 1942 1918
USS Colhoun (DD-85) 1942 1918
USS Palmer (DD-161) 1945 1918
USS Ward (DD-139) 1944 1918
USS McKean (DD-90) 1943 1919
USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) 1942 1919
USS Hovey (DD-208) 1945 1919
USS Long (DD-209) 1945 1919
USS Leary (DD-158) 1943 1919
USS Borie (DD-215) 1943 1920
USS Pope (DD-225) 1942 1920
USS Stewart (DD-224) 1942 1920
USS Peary (DD-226) 1942 1920
USS Edsall (DD-219) 1942 1920
USS Pillsbury (DD-227) 1942 1920
USS Truxtun (DD-229) 1942 1920
USS Reuben James (DD-245) 1941 1920
USS Barry (DD-248) 1941 1921
USS Perry (DD-340) 1944 1922
USS Hull (DD-350) 1944 1935
USS Monaghan (DD-354) 1944 1935
USS Porter (DD-356) 1942 1936
USS Mahan (DD-364) 1944 1936
USS Tucker (DD-374) 1942 1936
USS Cushing (DD-376) 1942 1936
USS Preston (DD-379) 1942 1936
USS Reid (DD-369) 1944 1936
USS Blue (DD-387) 1942 1937
USS Henley (DD-391) 1943 1937
USS Jarvis (DD-393) 1942 1937
USS Benham (DD-397) 1942 1939
USS Rowan (DD-405) 1943 1939
USS Sims (DD-409) 1942 1939
USS Hammann (DD-412) 1942 1939
USS O'Brien (DD-415) 1942 1940
USS Walke (DD-416) 1942 1940
USS Buck (DD-420) 1943 1940
USS Lansdale (DD-426) 1944 1940
USS Gwin (DD-433) 1943 1941
USS Meredith (DD-434) 1942 1941
USS Monssen (DD-436) 1942 1941
USS Emmons (DD-457) 1945 1941
USS Corry (DD-463) 1944 1941
USS Chevalier (DD-451) 1943 1942
USS Laffey (DD-459) 1942 1942
USS Strong (DD-467) 1943 1942
USS De Haven (DD-469) 1943 1942
USS Barton (DD-599) 1942 1942
USS Pringle (DD-477) 1945 1942
USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) 1943 1942
USS Maddox (DD-622) 1943 1942
USS Glennon (DD-620) 1944 1942
USS Beatty (DD-640) 1943 1942
USS Duncan (DD-485) 1942 1942
USS Brownson (DD-518) 1943 1943
USS Spence (DD-512) 1944 1943
USS Abner Read (DD-526) 1944 1943
USS Bush (DD-529) 1945 1943
USS Luce (DD-522) 1945 1943
USS Hoel (DD-533) 1944 1943
USS Johnston (DD-557) 1944 1943
USS Longshaw (DD-559) 1945 1943
USS Callaghan (DD-792) 1945 1943
USS Morrison (DD-560) 1945 1943
USS William D. Porter (DD-579) 1945 1943
USS Halligan (DD-584) 1945 1943
USS Twiggs (DD-591) 1945 1943
USS Cooper (DD-695) 1944 1944
USS Meredith (DD-726) 1944 1944
USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) 1945 1944
USS Drexler (DD-741) 1945 1944
USS Colhoun (DD-801) 1945 1944
USS Little (DD-803) 1945 1944
From Testing
Ship Year of Sinking Year of Commission
USS Stribling (DD-96) 1937 1918
USS Radford (DD-120) 1937 1918
USS Champlin (DD-104) 1936 1918
USS Ingraham (DD-111) 1937 1919
USS Anthony (DD-172) 1937 1919
USS Sproston (DD-173) 1937 1919
USS Hogan (DD-178) 1945 1919
USS Smith Thompson (DD-212) 1936 1919
USS Thompson (DD-305) 1944 1920
USS Sloat (DD-316) 1935 1920
USS Marcus (DD-321) 1935 1921
USS Lamson (DD-367) 1946 1936
USS Conyngham (DD-371) 1948 1936
USS Mugford (DD-389) 1948 1937
USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) 1948 1937
USS Mayrant (DD-402) 1948 1939
USS Trippe (DD-403) 1948 1939
USS Rhind (DD-404) 1948 1939
USS Stack (DD-406) 1948 1939
USS Wilson (DD-408) 1948 1939
USS Hughes (DD-410) 1948 1939
USS Anderson (DD-411) 1946 1939
USS Mustin (DD-413) 1948 1939
USS Wainwright (DD-419) 1948 1940
USS Madison (DD-425) 1969 1940
USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) 1969 1940
USS Ericsson (DD-440) 1970 1941
USS Fitch (DD-462) 1973 1942
USS Saufley (DD-465) 1968 1942
USS Waller (DD-466) 1970 1942
USS Beale (DD-471) 1969 1942
USS Bailey (DD-492) 1969 1942
USS Conway (DD-507) 1970 1942
USS Meade (DD-602) 1973 1942
USS Boyle (DD-600) 1973 1942
USS Gansevoort (DD-608) 1972 1942
USS Gillespie (DD-609) 1973 1942
USS Cony (DD-508) 1970 1942
USS Kendrick (DD-612) 1966 1942
USS Kalk (DD-611) 1969 1942
USS MacKenzie (DD-614) 1974 1942
USS Hobby (DD-610) 1972 1942
USS Gherardi (DD-637) 1973 1942
USS Eaton (DD-510) 1970 1942
USS Knight (DD-633) 1967 1942
USS Herndon (DD-638) 1973 1942
USS Fullam (DD-474) 1962 1943
USS Frankford (DD-497) 1973 1943
USS Tingey (DD-539) 1966 1943
USS Bell (DD-587) 1975 1943
USS Thorn (DD-647) 1974 1943
USS Burns (DD-588) 1974 1943
USS Wickes (DD-578) 1974 1943
USS Colahan (DD-658) 1966 1943
USS Young (DD-580) 1970 1943
USS Hopewell (DD-681) 1972 1943
USS Haraden (DD-585) 1973 1943
USS Porterfield (DD-682) 1982 1943
USS Picking (DD-685) 1997 1943
USS Ingersoll (DD-652) 1974 1943
USS Caperton (DD-650) 1985~ 1943
USS Barton (DD-722) 1969 1943
USS Robinson (DD-562) 1982 1944
USS O'Brien (DD-725) 1972 1944
USS Ross (DD-563) 1978 1944
USS Stockham (DD-683) 1977 1944
USS Blue (DD-744) 1977 1944
USS Gregory (DD-802) 1971 1944
USS Rowe (DD-564) 1978 1944
USS Stoddard (DD-566) 1997 1944
USS Howorth (DD-592) 1962 1944
USS John W. Weeks (DD-701) 1970 1944
USS Killen (DD-593) 1975 1944
USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) 1979 1944
USS Tolman (DD-740) 1997 1944
USS Lindsey (DD-771) 1972 1944
USS Soley (DD-707) 1970 1944
USS Southerland (DD-743) 1997 1944
USS Higbee (DD-806) 1986 1945
USS Gyatt (DD-712) 1970 1945
USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) 1976 1945
USS Vesole (DD-878) 1983 1945
USS John R. Craig (DD-885) 1976 1945
USS Duncan (DD-874) 1980 1945
USS William M. Wood (DD-715) 1983 1945
USS Stribling (DD-867) 1980 1945
USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) 1981 1945
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823) 1971 1945
USS Glennon (DD-840) 1981 1945
USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) 1999 1946
USS Bausell (DD-845) 1987 1946
USS Witek (DD-848) 1969 1946
USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847) 1980 1946
USS Agerholm (DD-826) 1982 1946
USS Basilone (DD-824) 1982 1949
USS John Paul Jones (DD-932) 2001 1953
USS Decatur (DD-936) 2004 1956
USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938) 1988 1957
USS Bigelow (DD-942) 2003 1957
USS Mullinnix (DD-944) 1992 1958
USS Hull (DD-945) 1998 1958
USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950) 1997 1959
USS Somers (DD-947) 1998 1959
USS Parsons (DD-949) 1989 1959
USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) 2003 1960
From Accidents
Ship Year of Sinking Year of Commission
USS Chauncey (DD-3) 1917 1903
USS Woolsey (DD-77) 1921 1918
USS Delphy (DD-261) 1923 1918
USS Walker (DD-163) 1941 1919
USS Greene (DD-266) 1945 1919
USS Southard (DD-207) 1945 1919
USS Thornton (DD-270) 1945 1919
USS Chauncey (DD-296) 1923 1919
USS Fuller (DD-297) 1923 1920
USS Sturtevant (DD-240) 1942 1920
USS Woodbury (DD-309) 1923 1920
USS S. P. Lee (DD-310) 1923 1920
USS Young (DD-312) 1923 1920
USS Nicholas (DD-311) 1923 1920
USS Noa (DD-343) 1944 1921
USS Wasmuth (DD-338) 1942 1921
USS Perkins (DD-377) 1943 1936
USS Warrington (DD-383) 1944 1938
USS Ingraham (DD-444) 1942 1941
USS Hobson (DD-464) 1952 1942
USS Bache (DD-470) 1968 1942
USS Philip (DD-498) 1972 1942
USS Baldwin (DD-624) 1961 1943
USS Turner (DD-648) 1944 1943
USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) 1969 1945

Minesweepers, Minelayers, and Mine Countermeasure Ships

Sunk in Combat or Supporting Combat Operations
Ship Year of Sinking Year of Commission
USS Tanager (AM-5) 1942 1918
USS Bittern (AM-36) 1942 1919
USS Osprey (AM-56) 1944 1940
USS Skylark (AM-63) 1945 1942
USS Miantonomah (CMc-5) 1944 1941
USS Skill (AM-115) 1943 1942
USS Sentinel (AM-113) 1943 1942
USS Tide (AM-125) 1944 1943
USS Swallow (AM-65) 1945 1943
USS Magpie (AMS-25) 1950 1943
USS Salute (AM-294) 1945 1943
USS Swerve (AM-121) 1944 1944
USS Pirate (AM-275) 1950 1944
USS Pledge (AM-277) 1950 1944
USS Partridge (AMS-31) 1951 1945
Sunk During Testing
Ship Year of Sinking Year of Commission
USS Crow (AMc-20) 1944 1941
Sunk in an Accident
Ship Year of Sinking Year of Commission
USS Swallow (AM-4) 1938 1918
USS Cardinal (AM-6) 1923 1918
USS Sanderling (AM-37) 1937 1918
USS Curlew (AM-8) 1925 1919
USS Peacock (AM-46) 1940 1919
USS Hornbill (AMc-13) 1942 1940
USS Bunting (AMc-7) 1942 1941
USS Weehawken (CM-12) 1945 1942
USS Valor (AMc-108) 1944 1942
USS Industry (AMc-86) 1945 1944
USS Force (AM-445) 1973 1953
USS Guardian (MCM-5) 2013 1989

References

  1. ^ "CVE 21 USS Block Island – USS Block Island Association". Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  2. ^ "Eyewitness to the Battle off Samar and the Loss of the USS St. Lo". The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  3. ^ "The USS Arizona's Last Salvo". The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  4. ^ "Scorpion (SSN-589)". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
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